Heart of Soweto Study
The Heart of Soweto Study was established to study the emerging causes and consequences of cardiovascular disease in the area of Soweto, South Africa. Included within the study are a prospective clinical registry of pre-existing cases of heart disease, alongside a more detailed clinical registry of newly diagnosed cases of heart disease, with over 12,000 patients attending the cardiac clinic and Coronary Care Unit at the Baragwanath Hospital included in total.
Study design
Cohort - clinical, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
~12,000 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
University of Queensland (UQ)
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
